Quiz 4 Flashcards
The cranial bones on the lateral view
Occipital, frontal, parietal, temporal, sphenoid and ethmoid
This view shows both cranial bones and facial bones
Lateral view of the skull
Frontal and parietal bone make up which cranial suture?
Coronal suture
Parietal and occipital bones are part of which cranial suture?
Lanbdoidal suture
Temporal and parietal bones are apart of which cranial sutures
Squamosal suture
Formed by several bones of the skull and contains the body of the temporalis muscle
Temporal fossa
Is inferior to the temporal fossa
Infratemporal fossa
Harder to see, it Is deep to the Infratemporal fossa
Pterygopalatine fossa
Cheek bone
Zygomatic arch
Movable articulation between temporal bone and mandible
Temporomandibular joint
Hard palate and associated structures
Anterior portion of external skull
Bordered by the alveolar process of the maxilla with the maxillary teeth
Anterior portion of the external skull
The anterior portion is formed by
Palatine processes of the maxilla, horizontal plates of the palatine bones
Two prominent sutures of the anterior external skull
Median palatine suture, transverse palatine suture
Midline articulation between two palatine processes of the maxilla anteriorly and two horizontal plates of palatine bones posteriorly
Median palatine suture
Articulation of two palatine processes of maxilla and two horizontal plates of palatine bones
Transverse palatine suture
Forms the floor of the nasal cavity as well as the roof of the mouth
Anterior portion of the external skull
___________ of the hard palate forms the inferior border of the posterior nasal apertures
Posterior edge
Funnel shaped cavities are the posterior openings of the nasal cavity
Posterior nasal apertures
Is formed by the vomer and sphenoid bones
Superior edge
Is formed by the posterior edge of the vomer
Medial border
Is formed by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone
Lateral borders
Posterior orbit of the eye
Greater and lesser wing
Sphenoid bone
Middle portion of the external skull
Consists of two plates
Pterygoid process
A thin curved process forms on the inferior portion of the medial plate
Hamulus
Medial pterygoid plate
Very thin ( part of the sphenoid bone )
Lateral pterygoid plate
More flattened part of the sphenoid bone
The depression between the medial and lateral plates
Pterygoid fossa
Arteries, burns and nerves that supply the brain and the facial tissue enter and exit through these foramen
Foramina of the external skull
A large opening on the sphenoid bone, for mandibular division of the trigrminal vein cranial nerve (valley/lower branch) **
Foramen ovale
A smaller, more posterior, opening on the sphenoid branch, carries the meningeal artery into the cranial cavity
Foramen spinosum
Large irregular shaped opening on the carotid artery emerges here from the carotid canal via the portion that is not filled with cartilage
Foramen lacerum
Opening in the temporal bone, it cares internal carotid artery and sympathetic carotid plexus
Carotid canal
Just lateral and posterior to the carotid cancel, it is a pointed bony projection located on the temporal bone
Styloid process
Opening through which the facial (VII cranial nerve) exists from the skull to the face, it is immediately posterior to the styloid process
Stylmastoid foramen
The internal jugular vein and three cranial nerves (glossopharyngeal IX, vagus X, spinal accessory XI, pass through this opening
Jugular foramen
Largest opening on the inferior view, the spinal cord and vertebral arteries pass through here
Foramen magnum
Bones: frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, occipital and parietal, all can be seen from this view
Superior view of the internal surface (open top of the skull)
Foramina seen from the superior view of the internal surface
The optic canal, superior orbital fissure, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, carotid canal, jugular foramen and foramen magnum
Opening for the olfactory nerve ( I cranial nerve)
Cribrifoem plate (ethmoid bone)
Opening for the maxillary division of the trigrminal, sensory (roof) **
Foramen rotundum
Opening for the hypoglossal XII cranial nerve
Hypoglossal canal
Facial nerve (VII) and vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
Internal acoustic meatus
The cranium is formed by the cranial bones …
1) occipital (1)
2) frontal (1)
3) sphenoid (1)
4) ethmoid (1)
5) parietal (2) paired
6) temporal (2) paired
Single cranial bone, articulates with: the parietal, temporal, and sphenoid
Occipital bone
Is completely formed by the occipital
Foramen magnum
(2) curved smooth projections have movable articulation with the first cervical vertebra
Occipital condyles
On the stout basket portion is the four sided plate anterior to the foramen magnum is a midline projection
Pharyngeal tubercle
Hypoglossal nerve - XII cranial nerve passes through here
Hypoglossal canals
Medial portion of the two bones that form the jugular foramen
Jugular notch of the occipital bone
Single cranial bone that forms both forehead and the superior portion of the orbits. It articulates with the parietal, sphenoid, lacrimal, nasal, ethmoid, zygomatic and maxilla
Frontal bone (internal surface)
Internally the frontal bone contains the …
Frontal sinuses, one of the four pairs of paranasal sinuses
Curved elevations over the superior portion of the orbit
Supra orbital ridges
On the medial portion of the supraorbital ridge and where the superaorbital artery and nerve travel from the orbit to the forehead. Located one inch from the midline and causes pressure when palpated
Supraorbital notch
A smooth elevated between the eyebrows, usually flat in children and females and is usually rounded in males
Glabella